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I just picked up a copy of the first issue for $ 5 in the bargain bin at Chapters in Montréal without the CD or packaging ( someone must have torn it open and ripped off the CD  ). The guy who owns the magazine store across the street had this problem. People were ripping the outside packaging open to have a glance at it and then the CDs got lost, the mag got tattered from people browsing through it and he ended up having to send them back to the distributor as damaged.
My impression from the first one is, as I said earlier, too much rehash on older bands and too much about newer bands which aren`t really prog bands.
They have to get rid of the CD and the packaging if this thing is going to succeed. Don`t go for my juggler. Just my take.

Windhawk wrote: I can hear the gnashing of teeth from some other sites already *chuckles*

I suppose that we from across the pond will have to wait a month or so before the mag reaches our shores...

WH Smith have them........ Tony R. 

Tbanks a lot for the info, Steve! We both liked the first issue, and this one features an interview with our Captain, M@x - so it's really a no-brainer for us.

Tony R wrote: I've not been able to track down the last edition yet...

Apparently the first issue sold out in quick quick time - from speaking to other people, it seems the most reliable source in the UK is W H Smiths.

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Had a quick glance through the new issue & seems like a good'un - half page feature on PA & Max in particular which should get a few more hits to the site.

I believe you can order the magazine online to be shipped to you for a cheaper price than it would had cost you to buy it in a shop. Link in one of the posts above. 

Classic Rock Magazine, Prog Issue #2
Progarchives.com/Maxime Roy interview article (scanned)


High-resolution version
http://www.progarchives.com/ClassicRockMag_PAarticle.asp


Edited by M@X - May 27 2009 at 20:09

Well, a bit of misunderstanding in the interview but I am planning on associating the site with some Festivals, yes.

Compilations CDs, a project, yes, for independant artists seeking exposure!

Vibrationbaby wrote: I just don`t think this mag is going to fly for a number of reasons from what I`ve seen with the first issue. It is just too similar to their regular magazine which I`ve bought from time to time. I`ll keep an eye on the bargain bins.

If we, the users of PA, supports it, it will fly. We will also manage to get the magazine where we want it. So this is our oppurtunity and 1-in-100-years-chance to get a magazine we like. So out of pure solidarity and support for the scene; buy the magazine. 

Besides of that; the magazine is a bloody good read too. 

I really do not know if we understand what a nice oppurtunity this magazine is for us. Grab it with both hands and get behind it ! Then we can discuss among ourselves if Muse og Gong are turds or not.